Canyon Country Advisory Committee

02/27/2025

Whether you served for four, ten, or twenty years, veterans pension and disability benefits might be an important — often essential — part of your life after the military. That’s why scammers call, email, or message to “help” you apply for them. But what they’re really after is your mone...

12/30/2024

COMMISSIONER LARA ISSUES LANDMARK REGULATION TO EXPAND INSURANCE ACCESS FOR CALIFORNIANS AMID GROWING CLIMATE RISKS

State of California

12/21/2024

https://signalscv.com/2024/12/lasd-offers-holiday-crime-prevention-tips/

When Deputy Robert Jensen has a conversation with people about keeping their homes safe from holiday crime, he makes references to a Christmas classic most will get.  “I tell people […]

12/20/2024

For many, December means spending lots of money on presents, food, travel, and other things to get you through the end of the year. And after we stretch our wallets, January’s often for taking stock and planning for the year to come.

12/20/2024

DO YOU HAVE A TP-LINK ROUTER?

The Commerce, Defense and Justice Departments are reportedly investigating TP-Link for ties to Chinese cyberattacks.

12/19/2024

CHECK OUT GIFT CARDS BEFORE YOU BUY!

Doing some holiday shopping? Here’s a type of gift card scam to look out for: scammers can get the gift card number and PIN before you buy the card. So if gift cards are on your holiday shopping list, keep reading.

11/20/2024

Maybe you're pre-planning a funeral for yourself or a loved one and decide to get some pricing information by calling a few funeral providers. Or you need to make urgent arrangements for a loved one who passed away in another state. When you’re making funeral arrangements, you have a right to get ...

11/18/2024

Looking to make changes to your Medicare coverage? Now’s the time: Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period started October 15 and goes until December 7. But as you compare your coverage options, keep an eye out for scammers — they know about Open Enrollment, too.

11/01/2024

SCV Senior Center presents a PROTECT YOUR $$! HOW TO SPOT SCAM ARTISTS AND AVOID FRAUD! discussion - Wednesday, 11/6/24 - 1-2 PM

Speaker: Sally Kim Westlake, Targeted Outreach Specialist with the California Dept. of Financial Protection & Innovation.

The discussion will be held in activity room H. You can also view it remotely via a Zoom webinar. Please register in advance to watch by Zoom (pre-registration is not needed to attend in person). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0H9TWzt4QbySALKY6CdFfg

Thanks, and I hope you can attend/view this valuable lecture.

Diana Sevanian
SCV Senior Center at Bella Vida
Support Services Care Manager
Health and Wellness Coordinator (Retired RN)

Sally Kim Westlake, Targeted Outreach Specialist with the California Dept. of Financial Protection & Innovation, will discuss ways to spot scams and protect your money and personal information. This agency's mission is to serve Californians by effectively overseeing financial service providers; enfo...

10/23/2024

An expert weighs in on the do's and don'ts of home extension cords.

10/22/2024

SANTA CLARITA LIBRARIES -- HELP YOUR LIBRARY PATRONS AVOID SCAMS

If you’re one of the resourceful, dedicated librarians who uses FTC materials to help your patrons spot, avoid, and report scams, thank you! We’ve heard your feedback and we’re hoping to make it even easier for you to find, use, and share our resources with our updated website: ftc.gov/librari...

10/18/2024

Every year, the FTC reports to Congress on the agency’s recent efforts to protect older adults. Check out this year’s report for new scam and fraud trends, FTC cases and rulemakings that impacted older adults, and updates on Pass It On and other outreach programs. What else is new?